Shin Jung-hyeon Musical artist

Shin Jung-hyeon (born January 4, 1938 in Seoul) is a South Korean rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Known as Korea's "Godfather of Rock", he led Korean psychedelic pop/rock culture during the 1960s and 1970s. His sons Shin Dae-cheol (Sinawe) and Shin Yun-cheol are also respected guitarists in Korean rock. He became the first Asian musician and the sixth in the world to be the recipient of the Fender Custom Shop Tribute Series guitar joining five of other such rock legends as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Such was his influence and versatility that he has been described as South Korea's answer to Brian Wilson and Jimi Hendrix.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 04, 1938
Birth place
South Korea , Seoul

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Musical artist

Career started1954
associated musical artist
Shin Junh-hyeon and YeopJeons
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BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Blues
Pop music
Rock music
instrument
Guitar
Singing
record label
Jigu Record

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Shin Jung-hyeon on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://home.kidp.or.kr/1998/shinjh/index1.htm
  2. http://koreanrock.com/kr.pl?ShinJungHyeon
  3. http://thrmen.musicchain.net
  4. http://www.izm.co.kr/music/artist_content_disco_view.asp?key=kartinfo&a_idx=184&a_name=신중현&r_idx=199&page=31&disco_articlenum=6&index=&letter=
  5. http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp
  6. http://www.psychemusic.org/sjh.html
  7. http://www.sjhmvd.com
  8. http://www.weiv.co.kr/review_view.html?code=album&num=1757